Doctor Caroline Johnson is ushered away as media try to get her to answer questions after she won the parliamentary seat

Speaking after the result was announced, Dr Johnson said her presence at Westminster would bolster Theresa May’s majority and support the Prime Minister on Brexit.

Ukip leader Paul Nuttall said: “It’s a great result for us.

“If someone would have offered me second place at the beginning of the campaign, considering we were in the middle of a leadership election and the party resembled a bit of a shambles over the summer, I would have bitten their hand off.